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The Wave, an area of fantastic eroded sandstone featuring beautiful swirls, wild colors, countless striations, and bizarre shapes set amidst the dramatic surrounding North Coyote Buttes of Arizona and Utah. The sandstone formations of the North Coyote Buttes, including the Wave, date from the Jurassic period. Managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the Wave is located in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness and is accessible on foot by permit only.
Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona
Image ID: 20614  

The Wave, an area of fantastic eroded sandstone featuring beautiful swirls, wild colors, countless striations, and bizarre shapes set amidst the dramatic surrounding North Coyote Buttes of Arizona and Utah. The sandstone formations of the North Coyote Buttes, including the Wave, date from the Jurassic period. Managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the Wave is located in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness and is accessible on foot by permit only.
Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona
Image ID: 20623  

The Wave. The main corridor of the Wave, a famous and curiously shaped sandstone bowl.
Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona
Image ID: 20732  

Sandstone striations. Prehistoric sand dunes, compressed into sandstone, are now revealed in sandstone layers subject to the carving erosive forces of wind and water.
Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona
Image ID: 20733  

Sandstone striations. Prehistoric sand dunes, compressed into sandstone, are now revealed in sandstone layers subject to the carving erosive forces of wind and water.
Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona
Image ID: 20735  

Sandstone striations. Prehistoric sand dunes, compressed into sandstone, are now revealed in sandstone layers subject to the carving erosive forces of wind and water.
Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona
Image ID: 20742  

Sandstone joints. These cracks and joints are formed in the sandstone by water that seeps into spaces and is then frozen at night, expanding and cracking the sandstone into geometric forms.
Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona
Image ID: 20748  

Brain rocks. Sandstone is curiously eroded through the forces water and wind acting over eons. Cracks and joints arise when water freezes and expands repeatedly, braking apart the soft sandstone.
Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona
Image ID: 20750  

Brain rocks. Sandstone is curiously eroded through the forces water and wind acting over eons. Cracks and joints arise when water freezes and expands repeatedly, braking apart the soft sandstone.
Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona
Image ID: 20754  

Barberfish schooling.
Species: Barberfish, Johnrandallia nigrirostris
Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16354  

Barberfish schooling.
Species: Barberfish, Johnrandallia nigrirostris
Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16357  

Sandstone striations and butte, dawn.
Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
Image ID: 26491  

Sandstone striations and butte, dawn.
Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
Image ID: 26496  

Sandstone striations and butte, dawn.
Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
Image ID: 26504  

Sandstone striations and butte, dawn.
Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
Image ID: 26514  

Sandstone striations and butte, dawn.
Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
Image ID: 26515  

Sandstone striations and butte, dawn.
Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
Image ID: 26522  

Copperband butterflyfish.
Species: Copperband butterflyfish, Chelmon rostratus
Image ID: 10995  

Copperband butterflyfish.
Species: Copperband butterflyfish, Chelmon rostratus
Image ID: 10997  

Copperband butterflyfish.
Species: Copperband butterflyfish, Chelmon rostratus
Image ID: 10998  

Bermuda buttercup, Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad.
Species: Bermuda buttercup, Oxalis pes-caprae
Location: Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, California
Image ID: 11285  

Bermuda buttercup, Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad.
Species: Bermuda buttercup, Oxalis pes-caprae
Location: Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, California
Image ID: 11286  

Bermuda buttercup, Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad.
Species: Bermuda buttercup, Oxalis pes-caprae
Location: Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, California
Image ID: 11287  

Bermuda buttercup, Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad.
Species: Bermuda buttercup, Oxalis pes-caprae
Location: Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, California
Image ID: 11288  

Bermuda buttercup, Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad.
Species: Bermuda buttercup, Oxalis pes-caprae
Location: Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, California
Image ID: 11289  

Bermuda buttercup, Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad.
Species: Bermuda buttercup, Oxalis pes-caprae
Location: Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, California
Image ID: 11290  

Bermuda buttercup, Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad.
Species: Bermuda buttercup, Oxalis pes-caprae
Location: Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, California
Image ID: 11291  

Masked butterflyfish.
Species: Masked butterflyfish, Chaetodon semilarvatus
Image ID: 11804  

Masked butterflyfish.
Species: Masked butterflyfish, Chaetodon semilarvatus
Image ID: 11805  

Masked butterflyfish.
Species: Masked butterflyfish, Chaetodon semilarvatus
Image ID: 11806